"I learned about how powerful a thing MAKING is. I would sit on the couch beside my grandmother... and watch with fascination as she took a line of yarn – pulled it up and around a needle – to make – in time – a sweater that not only made us feel beautiful, but kept us warm … when she pulled that same yarn through the eye of a needle she would draw a pattern into existence that hadn’t been there before. And there – pressed against her leg – following the incremental movements of her threads – I learned that the work of making – is an act of caring. It is a social act – it isn’t something we do alone – it is something that we do together – and it is reciprocal. "

from Hamilton's speech, winning the Heinz Award